HCONRES 119 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children; recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis; and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

Introduced Sep 23, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

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Latest action · Sep 23, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedSep 23, 2020
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

This resolution calls for renewed U.S. leadership in addressing the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children. It also recognizes the need for the executive branch to prepare a climate recovery plan that puts the United States on a trajectory consistent with reducing global atmospheric carbon dioxide to below 350 parts per million by the year 2100.

Cosponsors 54

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 23, 2020 to Oct 13, 2020; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CAKaren BassOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-WIMark PocanOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-CARo KhannaOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 23, 2020
D-COEd PerlmutterOct 13, 2020
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOct 13, 2020
D-OHJoyce BeattyOct 13, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOct 13, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Sep 23, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Sep 23, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HCONRES 31Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.Reintroduced BillApr 22, 2021
SCONRES 47A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.Related billSep 23, 2020

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children; recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis; and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2020Introduced in House

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